Laundry identification



March 8, 1932. R. o. KENNEDY LAUNDRY IDENTIFICATION Filed Oct. 6, 1931 flii y Patented Mar. 1932 1 i f UNITED sTATes PATENT OFFICE. I

f RICHARD OAKI 'EY KENNEY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GLUETT, PEABOD'Y 8a 69., 1110., OF TBOY, NEW YORK, ArCOB-PORATION OF NEW YORK.-

- LAUNDRY rnnn'rirrca'rron a, Application filed October 6, 1931. Serial No. 567,216.

In laundering shirts and other articles it the label with a hot surface. To indicate is customary for the laundries to apply idenwhere the mark is to be applied the label is tification marks and it is not unusual for difpreferably provided with an indication such ferent laundries to apply marks in difierent as the legend Laundry mar and/or para 5 places on the same article. .Man customlel lines on one or .both pairs of sides of the ers, particularly owners of fine shirts, ob1e0t marking space. i to th disfiguration resulting from such For the purpose of illustration a typical marking and considerable study has been embodiment of the invention is illustrated in 'ven-to the problem-of removing this cause the accompanying drawing as applied to a m of complaint. So far asI am aware the only shirt in the usual manner, being secured to solution heretofore developed involves the the inner face of the shirt below the neck use of identification labels which are temband by stitches extending along the entire porarily attached to the articles by metal perimeter of the label, as shown by the dotted rongs or the like and which are removed lines. The label is provided with the name is after laundering; and this procedure is not Arros, identifying the maker, the legen 0 time consuming and relatively expen- Preshrunk, indicating the character of the sive but the labels sometimes become detached material, the word Trump indicating the during the laundering process and they frestyle of shirt, and a boxed zone for the markquently damage the fabric. ing with the accompanying legend Laundry A an Objects of the present invention are to promark further to assure the proper applica- 7o vide identification means which does not distion of themark by laundries receiving unfig re the article, which need'not be attached. marked articles. and detached each time the article is laun- From theforegoing it will be evident that, dered, which can in nowise damage the ar-, by indicating the place on the label for the ae'ticle, and which is suficientl simple and wearers in1t1als or other marking, appllca- 15 facile in use to discourage dis guring methtion of the marking to the shirt or other ar-* ods. even by less progressive laundrymen who ticle instead of the label is unlikely, that the are apparently unconcerned with the desires location of the identification marking in a of their customers. v uniform place on articles sent to the laundry 30 According to this invention each article is facilitates sorting at the laundry, that the provided with a label which has, not only the markingmay be applied to the labels in the usual data relating to the manufacture of form of stamped or woven tape or by inthe article, such as the makers name and/or delible ink, either by hand or by machine, trade mark and/or the character of the matethat the present disclosure is for the purpose 36 rial, but also a marking space, whereby a sinof illustration only, and that this invention 5 gle label serves both the usual purpose and includes all modifications and equivalents as a carrier for the idenfication mark. which fall within the scope of the .appende The indicia relating to the manufacture of claims. p the article is applied to the label preferably I-claim:

I 40 b w avmg the indicia into the body-of the 1. The combination with awashable garlabel .in acontrasting color, before the latter ment of 'a flexible label which is permanently 5 is afixed to the article by the manufacturer. secured to onelface of the garment in space In the case ofcustom-made articles the idenrelation to a margin thereof said label identification mark ma also be applied by the tifying the maker of the garment and hav- 4 maker but ordma ythis mark is applied by ing a space provided to receive special 1n e5 imbibition when the tape is pressed against 2. The combinati the retailer or laundry, preferably by the delible mark ngs identifying the owner of well-known kaumagraph process mvo vmg the garment, indicia adjoining said space-to the use of a tape printed with indelible charindicate its purpose, said label being capable acters which-are transferred tothe label by of withstanding laundering W a washable garment of a maker of flexible label which identifies the has a marked (rtober, 1931. RICHA RD OAKLEY KENNEDY.

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